Ya (kana)
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| Transliteration | ya | ||
| Hiragana origin | 也 | ||
| Katakana origin | 也 | ||
| Man'yōgana | 也 移 夜 楊 耶 野 八 矢 屋 | ||
| Spelling kana | 大和のヤ Yamato no "ya" | ||
| Unicode | U+3084, U+30E4 | ||
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Ya (hiragana: や, katakana: ヤ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. The hiragana is written in three strokes, while the katakana is written in two. Both represent [ja]. Their shapes have origins in the character 也.
When small and preceded by an -i kana, this kana represents a palatalization of the preceding consonant sound with the [a] vowel (see yōon).
や can be used by itself as a grammatical particle to connect words in a nonexhaustive list (see Japanese particles#ya).
| Form | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
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| Normal y- (や行 ya-gyō) |
ya | や | ヤ |
| yaa yā |
やあ, やぁ やー |
ヤア, ヤァ ヤー |